A wonderful summer!

This summer has been filled with many joys and sorrows, but we have been blessed to see God's hand at work in everything! The summer started with the normal chaos of ending the school year. Right around this time, Sarah's folks accepted Calls to teach at Christ Lutheran in Little Rock, Arkansas! This was a huge leap of faith! The summer was then filled with many family parties, saying good-bye to friends, family, and then finally each other. We have discovered a few things about Little Rock: 1: It's really hot! 2: It's kinda far away from our house in Wisconsin. We went to Little Rock this summer to check it out with Mom and Dad. We had a great time, but hated saying good-bye in the parking lot of Mimi's! (Side note: don't ever go there for a quick lunch! It took us 2 hours, after being seated!) We then traveled on to see Peter and Emily in Kansas City. Once again, it's very warm there as well. Anyways, we had a great time exploring both places, seeing the zoo's, meeting new people, and having some great family time. As the trip ended we drove home. Once we were home, we realized that August had crept up upon us while we were gone. This meant the end of summer! We have crammed in a few more fun outings with the kids and will continue to squeeze these things in as time permits, but alas school is starting. Tim has just finished his first week of school and Lucas has finished his first week on daycare. Lucas did not do so well with the transition into leaving a couple of days this week, but will hopefully improve. He does love being there and we've seen him grow in his language development and social skills in a week's time! Emma and I will start come Monday morning! I will have my lovely 5th graders and science students. Emma on the other hand is embarking on the world on kindergarten! How did that happen? She used to be this little baby that I carried around, now she's preparing to read and write like the "Big kids!" All in all, God continues to bless us as we continue to serve Him as best as we can. Enjoy the pictures from our trips. I plan to do better about updating during the school year as well!